BPI's Ziegfried Borja

Hi there! Our man from BPI Chess Club, Mr. Ziegfred Borja sent us a masterpiece together with a picture of his with GM Onishuk but am sorry coz I'm having problems posting them here. Check below:

Carpe Diem!

By: Ziegfred C. Borja

My favorite player during GMA Cup!

It was a gloomy day for Filipino GM's that nobody among them got to the top ten finish at the GMA Cup held recently at Duty Free shopping complex. Instead, an unknown Chinese super GM Zhang Pengxiang dominated the event.

Aside from our Filipino GM’s competed, I mostlikely bet US Champion Onischuk to win the event. Witnessing the event midway up to the awarding ceremonies with our GM’s no show because of their poor performance perhaps Here is a Rd 3 game between Onischuk and Torre at Turin Olympiad 2006 for which Torre used his experience and expertise in endgame battle that escapes him from defeat and ends in a draw.

White: Onischuk, Alexander
Black: Torre, Eugenio

Tartakower System and Modern Defence

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O d5 9. Qb3 Qb6 Black should quickly conclude development 10. Qa3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Qxe7 Rad8 15. Rc2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qa4 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qg5 Nb6 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rcd2 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d5 21... Rfe8 22. h5 Qa3 23. f4 Qe7 [23... Rc1 24. Bf3=] 24. Bf3 The pressure on the isolated pawn grows 24... Qxg5 25. fxg5 Re5 25... gxh5 26. a4 with advantage for white] 26. Bg4 [26. a4 a5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 gxh5 30. Rxa5+-] 26... Rc3 27. f4 Re4 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 gxh5 30. Bxh5 Kg7 31. Bf3 Rc7 32. Rb4 [32. Bxd5?? doesn't work 32... Rd7-+] 32... f6 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34. a4 Rc5 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 h6 38. Rb5 Rxb5 39. axb5 Ke6 40. g4 Kd6 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 The passed pawn on g5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon 42... Nc8 [42...Ke6!?] 43. Bxd5+- b6 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Ke5 Nd6 46. Bd5 Ne8 47. Bg8 Ng7 48. Bc4 Ne8 49. Kf5 Nd6+ 50. Kg6 Ne8 51. Bd5 Kf8 52. Bc6 Ng7 53. Bd7 Kg8 54. Bg4 Kf8 55. Be2 Ne8 56. Bc4?? letting the wind out of his own sails [56. Kh6 Kg8+-] 56... Ke7 57. Kh7 Kf8 58. Bd5 Nc7 59. Bc6 Ne6 60. Kg6?? throwing away the advantage [60. g6 Ng5+ 61. Kh8 Ne6+-] 60... Ke7?? Eugene is ruining his position, must be tried [60... Ng7 61. Kf6 Nh5+ 62. Ke6 Kg7+-] 61. Kh6 Kf8 62. Bd7 Ng7 63. Kg6?? Oni lets it slip away [63. g6 Kg8+-] 63... Kg8 64. Bc6?? White loses the upper hand [64. Bh3 Ne8+-] 64... Kf8 65. Kf6 Nh5+ 66. Kf5 Ng7+ 67. Kg6 Ne6 68. b4 Nf4+ 69. Kf6 Nh5+ 70. Kg6 [70. Ke6 Nf4+ 71. Kd7 Nd3] 70... Nf4++ 71. Kf5 Nh5 72. Bf3 Ng7+ 73. Kg6 Ne6 74. Bg4 The mate threat is Bxe6 74... Ng7 75. Bd7 Kg8 76. Kf6 Nh5+ 77. Ke7 Kg7 78. Bf5 Nf4 79. Kd6+ Kf8 80. Be4 [80. Kc6 Ke7+-] 80... Nh5 81. Bc2 Kf7 82. Bd1 Ng7 83. Bg4 [83. Kc6 Ke8+-] 83... Ne8+ [83... Kg6!?±] 84. Kd7 Ng7 85. Bh3 Nh5 86. Be6+ Kf8 87. Bg4 Nf4 88. Kd6 [88. Kc7!? Kf7 89. Kb7+-] 88... Kf7± 89. Bf3 Nd3 [89... Kg6!? 90. Kc7 Kxg5+-] 90. Kc7+- Nxb4 91. Kb7 [91. Bh5+ and White is on the road to success 91... Ke6 92. Kb7+-] 91... Kg6= 92. Kxa7 Na2 93. Kxb6 Nc3 94. Kc5 Nxb5 95. Kxb5 1/2-1/2
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“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game” - Nigel Short